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bush and is associated with the hudson institute. let's start with just a general assessment of "decision points" as a presidential memoir. tevy troy. >> guest: well, the whole genre of presidential memoirs really started with ulysses s. grant who wrote a fascinating and novelistically written one and that's the standard by which these things are often measured. i think in the overall panoply of these things, i think bush's comes out pretty strong. i think it's more casual than your average memoir, i think that's what the reviewer in "the new york times" said. >> host: and you agree with that? >> guest: i do agree. he's got a lot of humor in there. she noted the fact that he's got a dog poop story towards the end of the book where a few hours earlier i was on air force one, and now at the end of his presidency he's chiening up his -- cleaning up his dog's business from the neighbor's lawn. there's a lot of humor in it. up with of the readers said there's even sort of potty humor in it. -- i think he's kind of at ease in a sense that
bush and is associated with the hudson institute. let's start with just a general assessment of "decision points" as a presidential memoir. tevy troy. >> guest: well, the whole genre of presidential memoirs really started with ulysses s. grant who wrote a fascinating and novelistically written one and that's the standard by which these things are often measured. i think in the overall panoply of these things, i think bush's comes out pretty strong. i think it's more casual than...
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. >> host: thank you, lara and tevi troy from the hudson institute, thank you for being on our historians round table looking at "decision points." >> lara brown worked at pringston university. visit larambrownphd.com and, tevitroy.org and princeton.edu. up next from the booktv archives, an event from 2005 with thust ton clarke on john f. kennedy. .. >> good evening. welcome to the new york public lie braer. this evening's program is with the author thurston clarke. he is the author of 10 widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including three "new york times" notable book. his book "pearl harbor ghost" was the basis of a cbs documentary and his best-selling last hero a biography of raoul lawen berg was made inon the a award winning nbc miniseries. he is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, among other awards and lives in upstate new york. s eveng, he will >> he is the recipient of athe guggenheim, among other awards and lives in upstate new york. aftee progra he will talk about his book "ask not: the inauguration of john f. kennedy and the speech that changederbae america"
. >> host: thank you, lara and tevi troy from the hudson institute, thank you for being on our historians round table looking at "decision points." >> lara brown worked at pringston university. visit larambrownphd.com and, tevitroy.org and princeton.edu. up next from the booktv archives, an event from 2005 with thust ton clarke on john f. kennedy. .. >> good evening. welcome to the new york public lie braer. this evening's program is with the author thurston clarke....
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the chair referred to judge hudson's decision. there are two other federal decisions that are in disagreement with judge hudson's decision, and the chair notably did not reference those decisions. so the courts are going to be in conflict, and their interpretations, just as you and i are. i don't think this violates the commerce clause at all. i don't think it violates article one, section eight, of the constitution. and i do read the constitution to mean when you say promote the general welfare, that matters of this consequence and countless others come under that heading, and, therefore, i can't ignore some facts. let me turn to -- >> would the gentleman yield on that point? i just think it important that we understand that the language and the constitution that says promote the general welfare means the general welfare of the united states, not the general welfare of the individual population within the united states. >> where the power is derived from in the constitution? the people. >> indeed. >> indeed. but the general welfa
the chair referred to judge hudson's decision. there are two other federal decisions that are in disagreement with judge hudson's decision, and the chair notably did not reference those decisions. so the courts are going to be in conflict, and their interpretations, just as you and i are. i don't think this violates the commerce clause at all. i don't think it violates article one, section eight, of the constitution. and i do read the constitution to mean when you say promote the general...
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they sold the version is a perfectly incompetent bomber version of their little airline called the hudson and actually managed to sell 1700 to the british and for the german fighters for the rest of the war kept them out of control and stuff like that and a few engagements into shreds. it's not like they did the british a big favor. >> although at the time in discussing it with the british officials gross said it's going to be tough to think we can do it. of course it's going to cost a little more but, you know, we will give all of these sources to you as if it were some humanitarian gesture. >> host: of course they didn't give of their resources because they worked very quickly on the two engine fighter that made the fortune of the p4 become the key 38 lightning which was a disaster which proved to be so vulnerable to mr. schmidt that was the only airplane that i know of that an air force general actually asked to remove from the theater from the german because there were getting torn up so bad for the sluggish low rate and very, very flammable your plan so they got yanked out and sent t
they sold the version is a perfectly incompetent bomber version of their little airline called the hudson and actually managed to sell 1700 to the british and for the german fighters for the rest of the war kept them out of control and stuff like that and a few engagements into shreds. it's not like they did the british a big favor. >> although at the time in discussing it with the british officials gross said it's going to be tough to think we can do it. of course it's going to cost a...
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the beautiful state seal at the heart of the seal in the middle of the shield are two ships on the hudson river. those two ships were put there when the seal was designed to symbol iez symbolize intracoastal and international commerce that at the heart of this state is business and we have to re-learn the lesson our founders knew and we have to put up a sign that says new york is open for business. we get it and this will be a business-friendly state. [ applause ] we're going to establish economic regional councils across the state. they're going to be chaired by a lieutenant governor bob duffy. the point -- these will be public private sector partnerships and the focus of which is to create jobs, jobs, jobs in those regions. it starts with the premise that there was no topdown template to create jobs and different regions in this state with different assets and different abilities and these plans will have to come from the bottom up and let them power the local communities to plan their future and help themselves. higher education will be the key economic driver and we look to partner wi
the beautiful state seal at the heart of the seal in the middle of the shield are two ships on the hudson river. those two ships were put there when the seal was designed to symbol iez symbolize intracoastal and international commerce that at the heart of this state is business and we have to re-learn the lesson our founders knew and we have to put up a sign that says new york is open for business. we get it and this will be a business-friendly state. [ applause ] we're going to establish...
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. >> host: in fact president of mom was asked about john hudson hudson -- huntsman. the persons responsible as he is not sure working for president obama would help him and a republican primary. >> guest:that was a good light to get out of the difficult question. and the virtue of being true. >> host: what about african trade? >> guest: first i would say one of john huntsman's greatest qualities is he was a missionary in taiwan. i followed in his footsteps along with his brother which is a personal connection that is quite -- quite treasured and a shaped both of our lives. again, john has for a long time thought about doing exactly this job. and so he is a tremendous opportunity to do a lot with it. africa, you know, i think africa for china was seen as a place to extract resources and to get u.n. votes to keep the security council where it is, brushoff human rights resolutions at the u.n., and they think they were somewhat taken aback, recognizing the systemic problem of going in there and trying to extract resources, bringing your own workers to do that and that is
. >> host: in fact president of mom was asked about john hudson hudson -- huntsman. the persons responsible as he is not sure working for president obama would help him and a republican primary. >> guest:that was a good light to get out of the difficult question. and the virtue of being true. >> host: what about african trade? >> guest: first i would say one of john huntsman's greatest qualities is he was a missionary in taiwan. i followed in his footsteps along with his...
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: but with a beer place of the british was a perfectly incompetent bomber belittle airliner and the hudson managed to sell 1700 to the british. there was such a dog meat for the german fighters that for the rest of the war the british kept them out of harm's way and gave them patrol duty and stuff like that, the few engagements they got into it they got ripped to shreds switch wasn't like they did the british a big favor. >> also at the time in discussing it with the british officials, gross said well it's going to be tough. we will review some subcontractors and of course it is going to cost a little more, but you know, we will give all of our resources to you as if it were some sort of a humanitarian gesture they were carrying out, so it's very interesting. >> host: of course they didn't get all the resources because they went to the war doherty quickly on the two mengin fighter that really made their fortune called the p38 lightning which was a disaster that proved to be so vulnerable that it was the only airplane i know what the air force generals at last to have removed from the theat
: but with a beer place of the british was a perfectly incompetent bomber belittle airliner and the hudson managed to sell 1700 to the british. there was such a dog meat for the german fighters that for the rest of the war the british kept them out of harm's way and gave them patrol duty and stuff like that, the few engagements they got into it they got ripped to shreds switch wasn't like they did the british a big favor. >> also at the time in discussing it with the british officials,...
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host: our guest is the director for the center for employment policy at the hudson institute. before that she was a chief economist for the united states department of labor fro 2001. -- the parliament of labour. -- department of labor. she will be our guest for the next 13 minutes. miami, fla., go ahead. caller: what i would like to find out from the guest today is you are saying that regulations have created problems. were these regulations [unintelligible] that is my first question. my second question is i would like to know where the institute funding is coming from to figure out whose views he is expressing -- she is expressing. guest: this is from a non- partisan think tank. one person specializes in housing. another specializes in energy and in general economics. he is also a columnist for the sunday times. this is a very big problem and some people have suggested that the inconsistency in the government taking out some companies and letting others go bust has contributed to the meltdown. the government has made itself into the bailout chief. with the new financial regu
host: our guest is the director for the center for employment policy at the hudson institute. before that she was a chief economist for the united states department of labor fro 2001. -- the parliament of labour. -- department of labor. she will be our guest for the next 13 minutes. miami, fla., go ahead. caller: what i would like to find out from the guest today is you are saying that regulations have created problems. were these regulations [unintelligible] that is my first question. my...
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the beautiful state seal, at the heart of the seal in the middle of the shield are two ships on the hudson river. those two ships were put there when the seal was designed to symbol i symbolize intracoastal and international commerce that at the heart of this state is business and we have to re-learn the lesson our founders knew and we have to put up a sign that says new york is open for business. we get it and this will be a business-friendly state. [ applause ] we're going to establish economic regional councils across the state. they're going to be chaired by a lieutenant governor bob duffy. the point -- these will be public private sector partnerships and the focus of which is to create jobs, jobs, jobs in those regions. it starts with the premise that there was no topdown template to create jobs and different regions in this state with different assets and different abilities and these plans will have to come from the bottom up and let them power the local communities to plan their future and help themselves. higher education will be the key economic driver and we look to partner with
the beautiful state seal, at the heart of the seal in the middle of the shield are two ships on the hudson river. those two ships were put there when the seal was designed to symbol i symbolize intracoastal and international commerce that at the heart of this state is business and we have to re-learn the lesson our founders knew and we have to put up a sign that says new york is open for business. we get it and this will be a business-friendly state. [ applause ] we're going to establish...
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." >> host: we're talking about job regulation with diana scott ross, employment policy of the hudson institute. welcome to the program. >> host: it's great to be with you, rob. >> host: we've been talking about ronald reagan and 30 years after. you bring up the connection between his statement on regulations and the statement that the current president, barak obama, just made. tell us about that. >> guest: exactly. in february 1981, ronald reagan issued an executive order that the costs of regulations have to be lower than the ben fifths. the costs need to exceed the benefits, and this was one of the beginning of regulatory reform. jimmy carter moved in the direction of looking at cost benefits of regulation, and then reagan continued that with the executive order, and president clinton also had an executive order in 1993 when he came in. >> host: so taking a look at the executive order, it says general requirements in prom mull gaiting new regulations and proposals all agencies to the extent permitted by law should adhere to the following requirements. a, administration decisions ba
." >> host: we're talking about job regulation with diana scott ross, employment policy of the hudson institute. welcome to the program. >> host: it's great to be with you, rob. >> host: we've been talking about ronald reagan and 30 years after. you bring up the connection between his statement on regulations and the statement that the current president, barak obama, just made. tell us about that. >> guest: exactly. in february 1981, ronald reagan issued an...
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airways pilot chesley sully sullenberger landed on the hudson river. the plane hit birds after takeoff and lost both engines. all 155 people on board survived what is now known as the miracle on the hudson. and it was a miracle. that's the news. now back to lester, amy and bill. >>> i can't believe that's been two years. >> yeah, yeah. >> just as cold then as it is now. amazing they survived in the middle of the river. >> that would not be a fun place to be this time of year. >> heart of winter, , arguing that, everyone. it is still coldth roughout muh of the eastern half of the country. we hve litleita bt of a weak storm system through the great kes. a little bit of light snow. but there's no big snowstorms on the way, no ice storms. just pretty cold out there from the rockies to the east coast. the west coast, you're a little warm and wetter. . >>> the active weather heading into the west coast will stay north of the bay area. high pressure just off to our west. we are going to see some pretty pleasant temperatures aside from the patchy, dense fog. w
airways pilot chesley sully sullenberger landed on the hudson river. the plane hit birds after takeoff and lost both engines. all 155 people on board survived what is now known as the miracle on the hudson. and it was a miracle. that's the news. now back to lester, amy and bill. >>> i can't believe that's been two years. >> yeah, yeah. >> just as cold then as it is now. amazing they survived in the middle of the river. >> that would not be a fun place to be this time...
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and jennifer hudson is here. it's so wonderful to see you. >> thank you. >> i mean, you are -- the christening of a ship is a 4,000-year-old tradition. you've done everything, my lady. you've won every award on the planet. but have you ever christened a ship before? >> never. i can't believe i get to do this. i feel like i was just on a ship. >> this is something i don't think they know. i didn't know until i was reading it up. you started on a disney cruise ship before "idol." >> i was on a disney wonder cast seven. >> you remember it? >> i remember it like yesterday. i do. i was watching a little clip. i remember every step. every note. when disney is in you, it's in you. and you never leave. >> it's on you. and you said this is part of your own thing. you just didn't buy a ticket. >> i did not get this here. since i've been here. it was in my closet. i was going to take this and be in the disney way when i get here. >> inside this bottle are a bunch of disney dreams. >> a bunch of disney dreams. and it's about
and jennifer hudson is here. it's so wonderful to see you. >> thank you. >> i mean, you are -- the christening of a ship is a 4,000-year-old tradition. you've done everything, my lady. you've won every award on the planet. but have you ever christened a ship before? >> never. i can't believe i get to do this. i feel like i was just on a ship. >> this is something i don't think they know. i didn't know until i was reading it up. you started on a disney cruise ship before...
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. >> host: in fact president of mom was asked about john hudson hudson -- huntsman. the persons responsible as he is not sure working for president obama would help him and a republican primary. >> guest:that was a good light to get out of the difficult question. and the virtue of being true. >> host: what about african trade? >> guest: first i would say one of john huntsman's greatest qualities is he was a missionary in taiwan. i followed in his footsteps along with his brother which is a personal connection that is quite -- quite treasured and a shaped both of our lives. again, john has for a long time thought about doing exactly this job. and so he is a tremendous opportunity to do a lot with it. africa, you know, i think africa for china was seen as a place to extract resources and to get u.n. votes to keep the security council where it is, brushoff human rights resolutions at the u.n., and they think they were somewhat taken aback, recognizing the systemic problem of going in there and trying to extract resources, bringing your own workers to do that and that is
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. ♪ you know how i feel i feel like jennifer hudson but with new arms, new legs, and this smile. ♪ freedom is mine ♪ and i know how i feel i'm loving weight watchers new pointsplus program and the edge it's giving me. ♪ it's a new dawn, a new day i've got even more control now. ♪ and i'm feeling good go on, join for free. weight watchers new pointsplus. because it works. introducing wisk with stain spectrum technology. try new wisk. we upgraded the formula, but not the price. ♪ we upgraded the formula, but not the price. hey, chili's later? do we know each other? yeah. well, no. no. okay. that worked? chili's $20 dinner for two. share one appetizer, choose two entrees. all you need is somebody to go with. ♪ >>> a boat that ran aground has officials wired about half moon bay. it capsized and ran aground early this morning. the boat's captain admitted his crew fell asleep allowing the vessel to drift into the surf. the crew managed to get off the boat with a little help but the boat was left tossing in the surf. there's an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board so salvage
. ♪ you know how i feel i feel like jennifer hudson but with new arms, new legs, and this smile. ♪ freedom is mine ♪ and i know how i feel i'm loving weight watchers new pointsplus program and the edge it's giving me. ♪ it's a new dawn, a new day i've got even more control now. ♪ and i'm feeling good go on, join for free. weight watchers new pointsplus. because it works. introducing wisk with stain spectrum technology. try new wisk. we upgraded the formula, but not the price. ♪ we...
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cannot make sense for governor christie in new jersey to turn the money to build a tunnel under the hudson river that would decrease housing of dallvalues in new jersey. i hope the issue is not that some governors are so tied up in ideological positions that they do not see the need to invest. this is a crisis of meeting human needs and try to shoehorn your ideology into the crisis is not the most practical way to solve it. host: chandler, arizona. caller: having psychological crisis, i would like to talk about the cost of war in states. the total cost of war in california is $144 billion. you can go to your city -- host: what are you talking about? caller: the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. a tiny amount of that could cause lasting peace. this amount of money that we're spending on war could buy a lot of health care. if you wanted to fix the health care problem, we should get in front of it by finding all the allied health education that anyone wants to take. let me finish. host: municipalities are paying for the war? caller: the portion of the de bt that is theirs, i suppose.
cannot make sense for governor christie in new jersey to turn the money to build a tunnel under the hudson river that would decrease housing of dallvalues in new jersey. i hope the issue is not that some governors are so tied up in ideological positions that they do not see the need to invest. this is a crisis of meeting human needs and try to shoehorn your ideology into the crisis is not the most practical way to solve it. host: chandler, arizona. caller: having psychological crisis, i would...
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sharon is joining us from hudson, fla. on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you very much for taking my question. through the executive orders of president obama, who had several people be able to move from the gaza strip to america that we have possibly encouraged home grown terrorism? represented king holding hearings on homegrown terrorism and the problems the democrats have had in regards to allowing those hearings to be conducted. thank guest: i would encourage representative kingara to look closely at what has happened -- rep -- rep keen to look closely at what has happened with homegrown terrorism. there are wayshat you can be aware of the issue. and not aware of that coming from the people from the gaza strip. i think it has been the bush administration in tension and the obama administration's intention to strangle tt in the gulf. certainly, the flotilla incident was an issue, but it remains the u.s. policy. i do not see anything coming out of this administration that changes that too much. host: what is pakistan's nuclear
sharon is joining us from hudson, fla. on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you very much for taking my question. through the executive orders of president obama, who had several people be able to move from the gaza strip to america that we have possibly encouraged home grown terrorism? represented king holding hearings on homegrown terrorism and the problems the democrats have had in regards to allowing those hearings to be conducted. thank guest: i would...
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christopher sands a senior fellow at the hudson institute where he specializes in u.s.-canada relations. he lectures at the johns hopkins university school of international at fenster study and adjunct professor and government of the american university school of public affairs. he's also been a fulbright scholar and a visiting fellow at the norman patterson school of international affairs at carleton university in iowa. mary scott greenwood, scotty as we know her, is a managing director of the law firm at the washington office and specializes in trade policy issues on both sides of rd, d e'theci reorf e naan eranusescoci shwalsapinedy president clinton to serve as chief of staff at the united states embassy in canada. pamela's a conservative senator from canada, the chair of the senate committ on national security and defense and also serves on the senate committee on foreign affairs and international trade. she was canada's consul general in new york for 20 o2 2006. the former broadcast journalist is also a senior adviser on canada and u.s. relations at the american s
christopher sands a senior fellow at the hudson institute where he specializes in u.s.-canada relations. he lectures at the johns hopkins university school of international at fenster study and adjunct professor and government of the american university school of public affairs. he's also been a fulbright scholar and a visiting fellow at the norman patterson school of international affairs at carleton university in iowa. mary scott greenwood, scotty as we know her, is a managing director of the...
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hudson valley community now it created a program so students can any paycheck and have their tuition covered while training for jobs at this plant. but helping folks find good work. it's helping ge fill positions in making the region more competitive. so ultimately, within this global competition comes down to living up to the problems in places like this. here in schenectady you are heirs to a great tradition of innovation and enterprise. the pioneering work of the defendant made the entire modern age possible. the tungsten filibusters to lead our homes, the x-rays that date those disease. now the advanced batteries and hold so much hope for the future. in these businesses, we see what america is all about. we see what has been our past allowed us to not only whether rough storms, but reach brighter days. and it's got to remind us that we've got those same strengths. this is america. we still have the spirit of innovation and that sense of optimism, the belief that if we work hard and give it our all, but anything is possible in this country. the future belongs to us. and you in thi
hudson valley community now it created a program so students can any paycheck and have their tuition covered while training for jobs at this plant. but helping folks find good work. it's helping ge fill positions in making the region more competitive. so ultimately, within this global competition comes down to living up to the problems in places like this. here in schenectady you are heirs to a great tradition of innovation and enterprise. the pioneering work of the defendant made the entire...
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he is also editor of the web site -- he is senior fellow at the hudson institute where he specialized labs in u.s./canada relations with during at the school of advanced international studies and an adjunct professor in government at the american university school of public affairs. he is awful bread and visiting scholar with the norman versus school of international affairs at in ottawa. scotty is a senior managing director at the law firm in the washington office. shea specializes in trade publications on both sides of a border and is executive director of the canadian american business council. she was appointed by president clinton to serve as chief of staff. pamela is a conservative senator from canada, chair of the committee on national security and defense and serves on the senate committee on foreign affairs and international trade. she was the consul general in new york from 2002 to 2006, former broadcast journalist and also senior advisor on canada/u.s. relations at the american society and counsel of the american and new york and washington and gary dorr was appointed in 20
he is also editor of the web site -- he is senior fellow at the hudson institute where he specialized labs in u.s./canada relations with during at the school of advanced international studies and an adjunct professor in government at the american university school of public affairs. he is awful bread and visiting scholar with the norman versus school of international affairs at in ottawa. scotty is a senior managing director at the law firm in the washington office. shea specializes in trade...
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then we saw the george hudson decision last month but it to individual mandates. then a repeal of health care in the house of representatives. the key is, will the political class continue to live up to this standard we have seen demonstrated by the american people. i think the answer is yes. a big part of that is the republican study committee. i have used the dick armey quote many times. he says, when we act like us, we win. when we act like them, we lose. our job is to make sure we act like us. i think our leadership gets it. rnc is there to give them that friendly persuasion. friendly persuasion from your father is not always friendly. that is out with job, to make sure we give that nudge that is needed to make sure we act like us. when we act like us, it is not all the good for republicans. it is good for the country. with that in mind, we have introduced a couple of things. one is a spending reduction act, which we will introduce today. it does what the title indicates. it cut spending. you know the numbers. i would get to gdp ratios are quickly approaching
then we saw the george hudson decision last month but it to individual mandates. then a repeal of health care in the house of representatives. the key is, will the political class continue to live up to this standard we have seen demonstrated by the american people. i think the answer is yes. a big part of that is the republican study committee. i have used the dick armey quote many times. he says, when we act like us, we win. when we act like them, we lose. our job is to make sure we act like...